Chap. 24. An Expofition upon the Book of J 15 a. Yeti'. 24. G67 dying riches, dying honours, ours is dying ffreñgth,dying beauty. ( ifa.}o.6.) X411 fl /h iegraft., and the geodlineffe thereof, is as the flower ofthe field ; If all things wehave be buta flower, and we our felves but graffe, then,we are taken away as all other things ; for flowers and grade are alike eafily taken away. nil td are cut o ff as the tops ofthe cares of Corn. The original word is often ufed to expreffe that as which was cirouxici the Pigne of the Covenant between God andhis people from the dit ere- time of Abraham until! Chrift, namely, Circumci, on or the cut- ting off of the foreskin of theflefh, and it is applyednot only to Áö diiráßc sur"l the corporal! but fpirituall Circumcifion, to the Circumcifion of the heart in the Spirit. Here it is applyed either co the common way ofcuttingofty death,or to a cutting off byJudgment, both which may be comprehended under the following fmilicude; They are cut ßíf As the tops of the eares of Corne. The Hebrew is a the beads of the cares of Carne,th?t is, the "remrtas vet cares ofcorne whichgrow upon the top of thecraw. Where (by the proutpife fp1C r way) the reader may take nocice,that the word which w. re. der; natif in ("n,mi. FaresofCorne, is that hard word which coli the lives offo many tare aepite F.phrairtotes ( Judg. z. 6.) Every man that efcaped m.ts bidfay ea.a:ue. Shibboleth, andhe [aidSibbsleth,fer he could notfr.,me to pronounce it right ; Then they tacky him artel flewhim. The t ileadites cut off all thofe Ephraimites who could not rightly pronounce this word, that lignifies cares cf Corne; And here lob faith that all wicked men are cut offas the tops of the caret of Cerne. The fimilitude (as fomeexpound it)îets foi th rothing ei'e but the fairnefl'e and ealinefs of the death ofwicked men,as bath been fh:wed before ; They are cut ofos the tops of the tares,:fcerne,that is,they die as corn whenit is fully ripe,at a full age.Thus Eliphaz flake to ¡ob byway ofpromife in cafe of his returae to God. ( Chap. 5. z6. ) Thou!bait come to thygrave in'a full age, like as a fh&ekofcorne cometh in hit feafon. But to be cut ' fflike the tops ofthe cares of corne, fcemesrather to imply a violent death, and founds muchmore like a Threatning then a promife. Therefore F irff, Tobe cut of like the toes of the cares ofcorn,fhewes how cafily wicked men may be cut offby death or Judgement, rather Q g q q z then
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